501st Military Intelligence Battalion (United States)

The 501st Military Intelligence Battalion is an inactive unit of the United States Army Military Intelligence Corps, which operated during the Korean War and throughout campaigns in the Middle East. It was last headquartered at Wackernheim in the German state of Rhineland Pfalz.

Lineage and honors

Constituted 13 October 1950 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion
Activated 20 October 1950 at Camp Pickett, Virginia
Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 301st Army Security Agency Battalion
Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Korea
Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 15 December 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 18 June 1971 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 301st Army Security Agency Battalion, redesignated 16 September 1980 Headquarters, Headquarters and Operations Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 1st Armored Division, and activated in Germany
Bravo Company tasked to border operations at Camp Pittman in Weiden, FRG.

Prior to being headquartered in Wackernheim, Germany, the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion was located in Dexheim, Germany, at Anderson Barracks and Ansbach, Germany, Katterbach Kaserne.
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Constituted 15 July 1967 in the Regular Army as the 202d Army Security Agency Company and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 19 April 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas
Activated 1 July 1974 in Germany

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Organized 26 August 1943 in Algeria as the 2678th Headquarters Company, Counter Intelligence Corps
Disbanded 26 April 1944 and personnel transferred to the 6779th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
Disbanded 18 August 1944 and personnel transferred to the 501st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
Disbanded 26 June 1945 in Italy
Reconstituted 6 April 1951 in the Regular Army as the 501st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
Activated 11 May 1951 at Fort Holabird, Maryland
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 501st Military Intelligence Detachment
Inactivated 31 March 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated in 2007. B Co relocates to Baumholder and becomes 502d MI Co with the 2nd Brigade 1 AD. HHC and C Co deactivate. A Co joins 1st Brigade, 1 AD.

Campaign participation credit

Korean War:

Second Korean Winter Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter Korea, Summer 1953

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-fire

Operation Joint Endeavor Dec 1995 - Nov 1996

Task Force Falcon

Operation Iraqi Freedom - April 2003 - July 2004

Company B additionally entitled to:
World War II – EAME Naples-Foggia Anzio Rome-Arno North Apennines Po Valley

Additionally, both A and B companies deployed with their respective brigades in 1st Armored Division, with Alpha Company deploying January 2006-February 2007, and Bravo Company deploying November 2005-November 2006.

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered KOREA
Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA